Surveys -
The newly released Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) provides a good baseline for the African Union (AU) anti-corruption efforts in 2018. This year’s theme for the AU is “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation.” As the AU rolls out its plan, ...

Surveys -
In the last few years, Latin America and the Carribbean made great strides in the fight against corruption. Laws and mechanisms exist to curb corruption, while legal investigations are advancing and citizen anti-corruption movements are growing in many countries across the region. However, ...

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While no country in the Asia Pacific region scores a perfect 100, not even New Zealand or Singapore, which both experienced their share of scandals in the last year, our analysis reveals little progress across the region.

Surveys -
In 2017, authoritarianism rose across Eastern and South East Europe, hindering anti-corruption efforts and threatening civil liberties. Across the region, civil society organisations and independent media experienced challenges in their ability to monitor and criticise decision-makers

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In a region stricken by violent conflicts and dictatorships, corruption remains endemic in the Arab states while assaults on freedom of expression, press freedoms and civil society continue to escalate.

Surveys -
To mark the release of the Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, we analysed corruption levels around the world and looked at how they relate to civil liberties – specifically, the ability of citizens to speak out in defence of their interests and the wider public good.

Surveys -
This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index highlights that the majority of countries are making little or no progress in ending corruption, while journalists and activists in corrupt countries risk their lives every day in an effort to speak out.

Technology -
Bitcoin and the blockchain technology that drives it are among the most disruptive digital innovations to have emerged in recent years. We take a look at the potential of blockchain in anti-corruption efforts.

Politics and government -
Manuel Vicente is the former head of the all-powerful Angolan state oil company Sonangol and was, until a few months ago, the vice-president of Angola. Now he is the main target of a high-profile corruption case in Lisbon.

Politics and government -
Transparency International and the Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) have issued a series of anti-corruption reform and policy recommendations to the new government.

Whistleblowing -
Transparency International welcomes today’s decision by the Court of Cassation of Luxembourg to annul the verdict of an earlier appeal in the case of LuxLeaks whistleblower Antoine Deltour.
The appeal verdict of Raphael Halet was confirmed. Comprehensive whistleblower protection legislation is ...

Accountability -
While welcoming the inclusion of individuals and entities suspected of corrupt practices, Transparency International and its national chapter in Panama are disappointed that Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal, Former President of Panama, has not been included in sanctions announced on 21 December ...

Hungary has been all over the international press in the last few days for allegations of cronyism amongst the ruling elite. Millions of euro in public funds have allegedly ended up in the pockets of ...

19 Feb 2018

For a country of 4 million people, Panama has been making global headlines remarkably often in the last two years.A new report that made significantly fewer waves than the Panama Papers was ...

19 Feb 2018

Easa, a 36-year-old activist, is arguing passionately with a receptionist at the Maldives Parliament. He is upset because his Right to Information (RTI) application form, seeking the names of ...

16 Feb 2018

On 9 December 2017, International Anti-Corruption Day was officially observed in Bangladesh for the first time. Thanks to the persistent advocacy of Transparency International Bangladesh, the ...

16 Feb 2018

A Youth Integrity Survey carried out by Towards Transparency Vietnam in 2014 indicated that 85 per cent of Vietnamese youth consider a lack of integrity to be harmful to their country and family. And ...

16 Feb 2018

When Hamisi passed away in the 1970s, his eldest son took a small loan of 1,500 Kenyan Shillings (US$15) from the neighbouring Katana family to help pay for the funeral expenses. When he too passed ...